HALL, [Mr.] Bernice Kingston (1881-1938) was active in Toronto, Ont. from 1919 until 1926. He formed a partnership with Herbert G. Duerr in late 1919 and together they specialised in the design of movie theatres. Their best known work is the Tivoli Theatre in Hamilton, Ontario. Hall was born in Hillsdale, Michigan on 15 November 1881 and may have been educated in Pittsburgh, Penn. In 1917 he was recorded as a draftsman with the office of Ingham & Boyd, Architects of Pittsburgh. He left the United States in 1919 and moved to Toronto to join H.G. Duerr in a partnership. He left Canada in April 1926 and moved to Miami, Florida where he continued to practise as an architect (R.L. Polk, Miami City Directory, 1931, 364). One of his works there was the eclectic Moorish design for the Olsen Residence, 57th Street, Miami (1933). Hall later died in Miami on 5 May 1938 (obituary Miami Daily News, 6 May 1938, Section C, p. 6)
HALL & DUERR (works in Toronto unless noted)
KITCHENER, ONT., The Lyric Theatre, King Street, for the Independent Theatres of Ontario Ltd.,1919-20 (C.R., xxxiii, 24 Dec. 1919, 48; Daily Record [Kitchener], 5 May 1921, 1 & 2, detailed architectural descrip.)
OWEN SOUND, ONT., The Classic Theater, for Chris Georgas and Superior Theatres Ltd., 2nd Avenue East near 8th Street, 1920; renovated and rebuilt in 1936 by Herbert G. Duerr (Owen Sound Sun-Times, 30 July 1920, 8, detailed descrip.; C.R., xxxiv, 8 Sept. 1920, 56)
SUDBURY, ONT., Regent Theatre, Elm Street, 1922 (Sudbury Star, 2 Sept. 1922, 2, illus.)
WESTON, ONT. [in West Toronto], The Weston Theatre, Main Street North, Weston, 1923-25 (C.R., xxxvii, 18 July 1923, 49; Weston Times & Guide, 23 Sept. 1925, 1)
MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING, College Street, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 1 Aug. 1923, 53)
HAMILTON, ONT., Tivoli Theatre, James Street North near Gore Street, 1924 (inf. Nina Chapple, City of Hamilton)
DANFORTH-COXWELL MARKET HALL, Danforth Avenue at Coxwell Avenue, 1924; demol. (C.R., xxxviii, 20 Feb. 1924, 185, illus. & descrip.)
YONGE STREET, near St. Clair Avenue, stores and offices for an unnamed client, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 27 Aug. 1924, 51)
HURON STREET, at Lowther Avenue, apartment house for an unnamed client, 1926 (C.R., xl, 21 July 1926, 54, xl)
B. Kingston HALL (works in Southern Florida)
MIAMI BEACH, a large residence for Miss Gold Brennan, North Bay Road, 1929 (Miami Daily News, 9 June 1929, 2)
PALM BEACH, FLA., commercial block of stores and offices for Philip Liberman, Worth Avenue at Hibiscus Avenue, 1929 (Miami Herald, 22 Sept. 1929, 25, descrip. & illus.)
MIAMI BEACH, FLA., The Blackstone Hotel, 8th Street at Washington Avenue, a 14 storey hotel "...in the Mediterranean Revival style", 1929-30; still standing as of 2020 (Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 1930, 12, illus. & descrip.; Miami Daily News, 14 Jan. 1930, 10, illus. & descrip.)
ALLISON ISLANDiami Beach, a mansion for Earl Kiser, 1930 (Miami Daily News, 4 May 1930, 8, illus. & descrip.; 10 Aug. 1930, 6, illus.)
MIAMI BEACH, Wheelan's Fish Grille, Alton Road at Fifth Street, 1930 (Miami Daily News, 15 May 1930, 11)
MIAMI, FLA., Miami Pan-American Building, Biscayne Boulevard at Flagler Street, a convention centre and exhibition hall, 1931, but not built (Miami Daily News, 31 May 1931, Society Section, p. 14, illus. & descrip.)
MIAMI BEACH, Talmud Terath, the Beth Jacob Recreation Centre, Washington Avenue at Third Avenue, 1931 (Miami Daily News, 5 July 1931, Society Section, p. 7, descrip.)
MIAMI BEACH, a tract of 5 new houses on Garden Avenue, near 37th Street at Alton Road, for Carl G. Fisher Co., 1931 (Miami Daily News, 18 Oct. 1931, 6, illus. & descrip.)
MIAMI, FLA., residence for John O. Olsen, N.E. 57th Street, 1933 (Keith E. Soto, The Historic Houses of Morningside [Miami], 2016, 39, illus.)
MIAMI BEACH, apartment block of 4 units for Olivia Frances Roll, Euclid Avenue near 15th Street, 1935 (Miami Herald, 3 May 1935, 19)
MIAMI BEACH, apartment block of 4 units for Dr. T.J. Walo, Euclid Avenue near 16th Street, 1935 (Miami Herald, 3 May 1935, 19)
MIAMI BEACH, St. George Hotel, Euclid Avenue at 6th Street, 1935 (Miami Herald, 4 May 1935, Section B, p. 11)
MIAMI BEACH, apartment block of 4 units for H.B. Newman, Meridian Avenue, 1935 (Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 1935, 8)
MIAMI BEACH, residence for William A. Barden, Biarritz Drive near Notre Dame Street, 1935 (Miami Herald, 16 Nov. 1935, Section B., p. 13)
MIAMI BEACH, apartment block of 6 units for Sara R. Flax, Meridian Avenue near 15th Street, 1935 (Miami Herald, 16 Nov. 1935, Section B, p. 13)
MIAMI BEACH, apartment block of 4 units for Amalie Fordon, Washington Avenue near 1st Street, 1936 (Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 1936, 18)
MIAMI BEACH, row of retail shops for Harry Race and the Estate of Ida C. Williams, Washington Avenue at 5th Street, 1936 (Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 1936, 18; 23 Aug. 1936, Section Two, p. 2, illus.)
NORMANDY ISLE, residence for James G. Pace, Bay Drive, between Notre Dame Avenue at Versailles Avenue, 1936 (Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 1936, Section C, p. 2, illus.)
MIAMI BEACH, World War I Cenotaph, in front of Miami Beach City Hall, 1936 (Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 1936, 8, illus. & descrip.)
MIAMI BEACH, Hotel Seymour, Pennsylvania Avenue at 10th Street, for Benjamin H. London, 1936 (Miami Herald, 29 Nov. 1936, Section C, p. 3, descrip.; USA, National Register of Historic Places, Designation Statement, 1979)
MIAMI, FLA., The LaFrance Apartments, S.W. 10th Avenue at S.W. 5th Street, for H.F. De Gour, 1936-37 (Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 1937, Section C, p. 16, illus.)
MIAMI BEACH, apartment block of 4 units for George Kastrites, Meridian Avenue near Fourth Street, 1937 (Miami Daily News, 11 July 1937, Section C, p. 2)
MIAMI BEACH, F.W. Woolworth Dept. Store, Washington Avenue at 6th Street, 1937 (Miami Daily News, 4 July 1937, 20, illus. & descrip.; 27 Sept. 1937, 8)
MIAMI BEACH, Hotel Euclid [now called The Brooklyn Hotel], Euclid Avenue at 3rd Street, for Lewis E. Rothlein and Emil J. Goldstein, 1937 (Miami Herald, 28 Nov. 1937, 12, illus. & descrip.)